Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-16
Fs,uAis su tfrsge In Mans 90.

The municipal elections In ksusas last
week were made exceptionally interesting
by the fact that women tor the first time took
part In them. About l., 500 registered In 70
towns, and a tar proportion j,ined In can.
vssing for votes, v,ting and whOopine up
enthusiasm for tavorite candidates. In
Leavenworth there was q temperance issue
to be decided, and the Republican candidate
for mayor would undoubtedly have been
elected had not Mrs. Cougar, = temperance
advocate from Indiana, made remark abcut
"society ladies' that brought the latter Into
line a. deter mined and industrious support
ers Of the Democratic candidate. Mira aou.
gar was reported to have said that " the
| upper stratum of social life In Lsaven worth
| was irightiully licentiouA owing to tn e pres.
ence OF the military y >st A. tortLesvenworth.'
The result was 4 sort of feminine cyclone
"The upper stratum" determined to punish
| the libel by defeating Mrs Cougars candi.
| date, at once went to work. Cooks, nursee,
| aud chambermads we're their first converts
| to anti ougsr principles, the prospect OF an
extra halt.holiday and ride to the polls In
| the family carriage contributing greatly TO
| the prevalence ot the view that the lecturer
imported from Indiana WAS " perfectly hor.
| rid" The washerwomen and seamstresses
were next looked after. aud all day long dur.
ing the time that the polls were open the In.
disnant fair Sex were driving hitber and
thithrr pressing into service every registered
voler ot either sex who WAS susceptible to
10 their influence. o.d silk dresses are said
To have decided a coed many doubtful votes
iis that as Il NAV. the Democratic candidate
GOt majority OF 2l ana Mrs. Cougar Was re-
| uuked. In Nichts, also, ludicrous aspects
ct female suffrage presented themselves
| or the SIX hundred women reg istereo, three
| hundreS put down their occupation "a
"sporis,' ard the SPORTS voted soidly at the
| opening O! he p1ttS for the labor candidate
Tor mayor and ele tia. him. Tue rest Of the
fam In N u
| Topeka the women he'd tue balances of power.
OF a total reg .s'ration of g. 49t. "a many ~
! i06 were females, aud OF the 200 who voted
about 30 used Republican tickets Among
I the latter was a follower of Elizabeth Cady
| Stanton. fully ~ years old, who, after voting,
| declared herself Z" nov ready TO die having
realized At length the hopes she had 80 man
| iuiiy cherished ever since lcbO. AZ rule
| the ladies, il WIS observed 1T Topeka, voted
| the straight ticket, though some wert
| scrS,rOers and insisted on vStinR for the pas
tors o. the churches they attended. One wht
| came to the polls WITH \ baby in her ARM
was rather inoili .rent who she voted for, bu
having had the bereti. OF Information iron
the representative Of either party, finally cas-
4 straight Democratic ticket The subjecti
, the women we're most interested in were, u
rule, the temperance question and the 30
Cial evil SrlOUns and disrePutable houses
wers vigorously denounced by them at pub
, lie meetings. A. Ieavenworth number o
tho latter we're visited by committee OF Ia
dies who aiterwsrd at meeting proposed
and had adopted resolution calling for pro
, hbitive zines upon vice. The practical etfec
OF the enfranch ment OF women In Kansas
As indicated by last Tuesdays election, ha
been to increase the vote Of the party already
predominant Its ultimate effect 10 uncer
tain. Perhaps 1t will be to render mor'
stringent tue restraints now imposed by Law
. on the worse half of the com mmunity. Thi
would 6e eminently desirable II the bette
half were IS able to enforce as 1t Is to fram
laws calculated to make men good.